So Manchester City are about as close to break-even as the Greek economy. They
have just posted an annual loss of £194.9 million — and that is without
including the fees and eye-watering wages for Sergio Agüero and Samir Nasri.

City’s chances of meeting the criteria laid down by Uefa’s new Financial Fair
Play (FFP) regulations any time this decade seem as likely as Carlos Tévez
winning player of the season at the Etihad Stadium.

The logical assumption, then, is that they will be thrown out of the Champions
League by Michel Platini’s attack squad of Uefa accountants for so dismally